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A piece of paper is used to judge an offside call in the VAR control room during a Chinese League One match between Shanghai Shenxin and Heilongjiang
(Image: YouTube/ 中华体育SinoSports)

VIDEO: Piece of paper used in Chinese VAR control room to rule offside

Technical aspects of arbitration system undermined somewhat.

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https://youtu.be/zyG0aj3jG_8?t=70

A piece of paper was used to judge an offside call in the VAR control room during a China League One game between Shanghai Shenxin and Heilongjiang.

Visitors Heilongjiang were 1-0 up when the incident occurred 57 minutes into Saturday’s match at the Jinshan Sports Centre.

https://twitter.com/Ultra_Suristic/status/1112370904288411654

They thought they had doubled their advantage when Ziming Wang’s header was saved and Kaiyu Mao tapped in the rebound.

However a linesman raised his flag, adjudging the goal-scorer to have been slightly offside when the ball was headed.

https://twitter.com/SHI3IT3ALI/status/1112386372587974656

The matter was referred to the video assistant referee system, with one of the arbitrators using a piece of paper as a prop to help him decide.

Eventually a decision is reached to rule out the goal, with the incident proving to be a turning point as Shanghai Shenxin bounced back to win 2-1.